[lilylangtree]

‘Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those
who do not.’

Thomas Jefferson

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

3. Colt: The original point and click interface.

4. Gun control is not about guns; it’s about control.

5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?

6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.

7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

8. If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any.

9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

10. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.

11. What part of ‘shall not be infringed’ do you not understand?

12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.

13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.

15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

16. You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

17. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.

18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.

20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.

21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.

23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don’t make more.

24. When you remove the people’s right to bear arms, you create slaves. (Just ask any WWII Jewish survivor.)

25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

[Noumenon]

“Thwe women of my country learned long ago that those without swords may still die upon them.”

Eowyn - Lord of the Rings.

[B4Ranch]

Having custody of a loaded weapon does not arm you. The skill to use the weapon is what arms a man.

Training and practice are critical!

[El Gato]

25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

Actually it happened in no small part because of attempts at gun control. Yes, there were demonstrations and civil disobedience protesting "taxation without representation" and all that. BUT the shooting didn't start until the British marched out of Boston to confiscate the colonists' arms. Then they got the Shiite Shot out of 'em. Sort of like sticking their heads into a hornets nest. Only the arrival of a relief column containing a cannon, saved them from total annihilation. Sans that cannon the relief column likely would have met the same fate. The colonials own cannons had been dismounted and hidden from the Lobsterbacks, who found the carriages and burned them, preventing use of those cannon along the Battle Road.

Heres' one (of four) of those colonial cannon.

[elcid1970]

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE: Excellent list but add also:

26. When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.